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  1. RacerCFIIDave

    HELP Finding an engine...

    Hello all... I am seeking a special engine for a series of record flights I want to attempt...culminating in an around-the-world flight using the absolute minimum amount of fuel... I am hoping to do it on under 225 gallons...:ban: I need a little light Diesel... Either the Smart...
  2. RacerCFIIDave

    "Safety equipment" What have you seen approved?

    FAR 103.1... 1: Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight, excluding floats and safety devices which are intended for deployment in a potentially catastrophic situation. A short conversation with my local FSDO says typically, Ballistic 'Chutes are always covered here....also they allow ELT's...
  3. RacerCFIIDave

    Formula One Air Racing

    Has anyone heard what is up with the if1 folks? Their website is down...one phone number I have is not working either... As someone that is designing a beastie for the class...I am awfully curious... Dave
  4. RacerCFIIDave

    Cassutt 111 plans or sections of plans

    I would like either a complete set of Cassutt 111 plans, or alternately the pages showing the fuselage tubing and the wing attachment details... Dave
  5. RacerCFIIDave

    Cassutt 111 fuselage and wing attachment point DWG/DXF

    Might anyone out there have either a pdf of page(s) of the Cassutt 111 plans showing the fuselage tubing and the details of the wing attachments or DWG/DXF ACAD files of same? I am working on a racing wingset for a raceplane of similar concept I am designing ... 1) Around a pilot that is...
  6. RacerCFIIDave

    Magnesium Welder FOUND!

    I managed to find someone to do the welding I needed on our racing car... I imagine that several of those here might find it interesting... Spitfire Aerospace Services 281 CR693 Buffalo Gap TX 79508 888.874.9809 325.572.5479 325.660.6800 mobile [email protected] They...
  7. RacerCFIIDave

    Magnesuim Welder needed NOW!!!!!

    HELP!! My car got run over at Kansas Speedway UNDER YELLOW.... So... I need a world class magnesium welder....NOW...! I've got to get the area where the rear suspension attaches to the trans case welded up and re-tapped for the bolts...and we have to be at Indy for the rookie test pn May...
  8. RacerCFIIDave

    My new gig...

    As of yesterday... I will still be teaching on a part time basis...still out of Hendersonville NC... However, I am now Crewchief/Chief Engineer on ELFF Racing's Indy Lights effort. WOOHOO!!! Look for us and driver Rodrigo Barbosa next season... Now...to figure out how to beat AGR (and...
  9. RacerCFIIDave

    Good for laughs...sort of...

    At least for today...this is a joke... Unfortunately...if we continue to bleed out our Liberty....it may be true one day... Dave
  10. RacerCFIIDave

    How much is 100LL in your area...?

    I was talking to a CFII at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta (PDK)... he told me 100LL was $7/gal! And I thought the $5.98 here was bad... It really makes me want that Deltahawk Pitts... Veggie Oil for me on the road...and in the air too...as soon as I can swing it...:) Dave
  11. RacerCFIIDave

    STC info C-150/Aerobat?

    Does anyone here have any info on the STC to make a standard C-150 an Aerobat? I have the chance to pick up a really cheap project C-150.... Dave
  12. RacerCFIIDave

    The closest call...

    Seems like a good time to break out this story... I suspect many others will share theirs as well... This should be called..."The closest I ever came to dying in an airplane..." I was teaching at a US Army Aero Club...in the 80's... I had this student... Major...JAG Lawyer...supposedly...
  13. RacerCFIIDave

    People doing stupid things...

    I think I just saw the topper... (CNN about an hour ago...) A Brazillian Catholic Priest took off from coastal Southeastern Brazil...under a huge stack of "helium party baloons"... :ermm: (helium party baloons...I dont even know where to start...) In utterly atrocious weather...attempting to...
  14. RacerCFIIDave

    Trailer Puller...Free Fuel!

    I am sellimg my test truck! A 1998 1/2 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbodiesel 24v, 5 speed, 2wd, Club Cab Set up with the absolute latest generation of my vegetable oil fueling system...yes...FREE FUEL... I once drove this truck from Asheville NC to Baltimore MD and back...for a total of $4 in...
  15. RacerCFIIDave

    Requests for Rulemaking Re: FAR103 etc

    I see so much discussion here of FAR 103 and its difficulties...and general dissatisfaction with the E-LSA rules...among others... Why not have a group of us get together and write a proposed rule that would fix it... I propose a new rule that would encompass most of the aircraft that we...
  16. RacerCFIIDave

    Finally back...!

    I was silly enough to let my CFI expire several years ago while I was off building racing cars... I finally took my recertify checkride yesterday... **** thing was scheduled 6 times...between my having the flu...the examiner having the flu...and weather amd airplane trouble... (wing spar...
  17. RacerCFIIDave

    Saving Aviation History! re: Doodle Brown CFII

    The State of North Carolina and American Aviation lost a great CFI this week... Doodle Brown from the Charlotte area died early this week... Doodle had something like 28,000 hrs! (I never asked him how many hrs of dual given...eeek! I was hoping to save the info locked up in his head on...
  18. RacerCFIIDave

    Skybolt D plans complete/unused

    I have a complete set of Skybolt D plans and build book for sale. $125.00
  19. RacerCFIIDave

    Turbine U/L ???

    I am in the initial thought experiment phase of a high wing STOL tube and rag U/L powered by a 50hp GPU turbine... Essentially a shrunken Turbine Helio Courier in single seat form... drool...!:gig: With the flaps and slats driven by a tube-in-tube cam arrangement...and an electric prop that...
  20. RacerCFIIDave

    Autogyro Flying Boat?

    Has anyone here ever seen a flying boat gyro? Seems to me that such a beastie might have many uses (firefighting etc) and be HUGE fun! In Liberty, Dave
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